Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Salem, MA ranks #2,059 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,560 patents from 331 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Salem, MA include Nylok Fastener, Soclean, Analogic. That works out to 35.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 331 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Richard J. Duffy Nylok Fastener 38
2 Kurt Michael Maw Soclean 36
3 Hans J. Weedon Analogic 35
#4 Peter R. Gagnon Gte Products 32
#5 John F. Howard Boston Scientific Scimed 31
#6 Phillip Blaskovich Covidien Lp 30
#6 Marcie Glicksman Brigham and Women's Hospital 30
#8 Hilton F. Glavish Nissin Electric Co. 29
#9 Robert E. Levin Gte Products 28
#9 Theresa L. Johnson Merck 28
#9 Pavel Menn Conmed 28
#12 Joseph V. Lima Osram Sylvania 24
#13 Andrew Gannett Knapp Cambridge Neuroscience 20
#14 Michael Strange Allfasteners Usa 19
#15 Ping F. Yip Thermo Finnigan 18
#15 Andrew Lee David Kling 18
#15 Lidia Nemirovsky Neurologica 18
#18 Jennifer Ong New England Biolabs 17
#19 Evan P. Ordway Velico Medical 16
#20 Ansuya P. Bhatt National Semiconductor 14
#20 Elliot H. Mednick AMD 14
#22 Ilya Bystryak Mks Instruments 13
#22 William S. Passman Bbnt Solutions Llc. 13
#22 Avrum Freytsis Tel Epion 13
#22 Maureen Petterson Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates 13
#26 Daniel B. Ballou Mccue 12
#26 Adam P. Stevens Mccue 12
#26 Albrecht Moritz Cell Signaling Technology 12
#26 Christopher T. Dunn Metis Design 12
#30 Patrick R. Dingle Amazon 11
#30 Antonio Lopes Technical Manufacturing 11
#30 Andrew B. Lippman MIT 11
#30 Pokman Chan Alamak Biosciences Incorporation Company Limited 11
#34 Bojan Rajkovic Simplisafe 10
#34 Scott Peterson Merck 10
#34 Peter Klindt Sorensen Smith & Nephew 10
#34 Sridharan Venk Osram Sylvania 10
#34 Patrick Gan Microsoft 10
#39 Francois Gauvin Emc 9
#39 Rodrigo Pereyra Osram Sylvania 9
#39 Christiane Munkholm Bayer Healthcare 9
#39 Thomas Foster Minimus Spine 9
#39 Andrew W. Brauer Immulogic Pharmaceutical 9
#39 Jason Tedrow Abbott 9
#39 Joshua Abeshaus Axcelis Technologies 9
#39 Megan O'Connor Johnson & Johnson 9
#47 George Beck 8
#47 Charles E. Mellor Gte Products 8
#47 Joseph Chin Praecis Pharmaceuticals 8
#47 Cristhian Mauricio Potes Blandon Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 8

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